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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Inamuddin et al. (eds.), Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Hydrocarbons Vol. 2
Technology, Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 41,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28638-5_1
Chapter 1
Use of Carbon Dioxide in Polymer
Synthesis
Annalisa Abdel Azim, Alessandro Cordara, Beatrice Battaglino,
and Angela Re
Contents
1.1 Introduction
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1.2 Advances in Microorganism Engineering for Improving CO 2 Assimilation
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1.3 Aliphatic Monomers
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1.3.1 Production of Dicarboxylic Acids in Engineered Microorganisms
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1.3.2 Production of Hydroxy Acids in Engineered Microorganisms
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1.3.3 Production of Amino Acids in Engineered Microorganisms
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1.3.4 Production of Diols in Engineered Microorganisms
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1.4 Aromatic Monomers
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1.4.1 Production of Phenylpropanoid Acids in Engineered Microorganisms
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1.4.2 Production of P-Hydroxybenzoate in Engineered Microorganisms
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1.5 In Vivo Synthetic Polymers
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1.5.1 Cyanophycin
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1.5.2 Lactic Acid
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1.5.3 Polyhydroxyalkanoates
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1.5.4 Extracellular Polymeric Substances
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References
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Abstract The possibility of developing biotechnological processes based on emitted carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for obtaining diverse products offers an exciting and
visionary path from an ecologically destructive and resource-exhausting societal
and economical model to a resource-conserving and environmentally friendly one.
Author Angela Re have been equally contributed to this chapter.
A. A. Azim (*) · A. Cordara (*) · A. Re
Systems and Synthetic Biology Laboratory, Centre for Sustainable Future Technologies,
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Torino, Italy
e-mail: annalisa.abdelazim@iit.it; alessandro.cordara@iit.it; angela.re@iit.it
B. Battaglino
Systems and Synthetic Biology Laboratory, Centre for Sustainable Future Technologies,
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Torino, Italy
Applied Science and Technology Department, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
e-mail: beatrice.battaglino@iit.it